City Council Will Address Tattoo Parlors, SONGS Concerns by Adam Townsend Published : May 16, 2011 CALIFORNIA – The San Clemente City Council is slated to decide Tuesday where tattoo parlors will be allowed in the city. City staffers put the item on the agenda in response to a business owner who wanted to open [...]

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Teen attacked and tattooed on forehead gets gift by Adam Mertz Published : May 16, 2011 OKLAHOMA CITY – A teenager attacked and tattooed on the forehead will now have that tattoo removed. Stetson Johnson, 18, was viciously attacked and had the word “Rapest” tattooed on his forehead last month. Anticipation Tattoo Removal heard about [...]

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Employee fired for tattoos takes action Published : May 16, 2011 WARWICK, RI – A local man is gathering support and getting ready to sue his former employer. Nathan Hardisty was fired from the Walgreens at Hoxie Four Corners in Warwick because he reportedly has too many tattoos. On Saturday, several people gathered outside the [...]

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Is that legal? Ali Lohan, 17, gets star tattoo to match her sister Lindsay Published : May 15, 2011 Despite being the younger sister of famously troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan she has so far remained on the straight and narrow. But it seems Ali Lohan may share a touch of her big sister’s wild side, [...]

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Tattoo fundraiser for Red Cross’ Japan relief by Chris McDaniel Published : May 13, 2011 YUMA, AZ – Alliance Tattoo Lounge and Poisonous Pinups are teaming up to raise money for the Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund. From noon to midnight on Saturday, the tattoo artists at the shop will donate [...]

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Dallas tattoo artist marks Friday the 13th with an inking marathon by Jason Sheeler Published : May 13, 2011 DALLAS, TX – At Elm Street Tattoo’s Friday the 13th marathon, there’s only one tattoo on the menu. Not surprisingly, the first person in line at the start of a 24-hour tattoo marathon has earlobes stretched [...]

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Debate heats up on where tattooed heads rest by Marika Hill Published : May 14, 2011 The return of sacred Maori remains is another step towards putting a barbaric colonial trade to rest, academics say. But while they applaud the return, debate is heating up on where the tapu toi moko or sacred Maori tattooed [...]

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Man’s mug shot, ironic tattoo goes viral by Rachel West Published : May 12, 2011 LITTLE RIVER, SC  – A Little River man was arrested late Friday night, but it isn’t the crime he’s now famous for – it’s his tattoo. Robert Norton Kennedy, 51, was arrested Friday night around 10 p.m. after spitting in [...]

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Tattoo Removal, Piercing Reversal Not So Easy by Brittany Borghi Published : May 11, 2011 POCATELLO, ID – Extreme piercings and tattoos can be a form of rebellion for some, for others they are just a form of expression. But what happens if a fire-breathing dragon or a gauged ear is not something you want [...]

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Kat Von D vs. Ex – Tattoo Turf War in Hollywood Published : May 10, 2011 Kat Von D’s ex-husband is launching a not-so-secret plot to defeat her tattoo parlor – in fact, he tells TMZ, he just opened his own tat shop nearby … and he’s determined to beat her at her own game. [...]

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